Father Matthew Hood looks back on the sequence of events as surreal, but also divinely orchestrated. The sacramental situation of Father Matthew Hood was remedied quickly, with Father Hood receiving ...

DENVER, Colo. — If you think you’re a priest, and you really aren’t, you have a problem. So do a lot of other people. The baptisms you performed are valid baptisms. But the confirmations? Nope. The ...

Detroit archdiocese ordained a Catholic priest for a second time on Aug. 17 after learning that his infant baptism was void, making his ordination invalid. Father Matthew Hood, ordained in 2017, has ...